Win: Jim Haney (20-6) Loss: Ruben Johns (15-10)
Save: Herm Johnson (42)
Inning: 1 New York Ruben Johns pitching. Bill Quintana is hit by a pitch. Bert Roberts strikes out. Tomoyoshi Minagawa grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Jim Haney pitching. A.J. Mercado walks. Bob Timmons strikes out. Skinny McMillan strikes out. Russ Hansen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Brian Christensen grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Harry Meyer strikes out. Victor Munoz doubles to center field. Frank Lofton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tom Shelby strikes out. Steve Jordan grounds out to the second baseman. Wayne Andrews grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York John Peterson flies out to the right fielder. Jim Haney pops out to the first baseman. Bill Quintana pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jim Esasky flies out to the center fielder. Ruben Johns flies out to the left fielder. A.J. Mercado grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Bert Roberts strikes out. Tomoyoshi Minagawa grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Christensen reached on a 2-base throwing error by Russ Hansen. Harry Meyer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bob Timmons strikes out. Skinny McMillan grounds out to the shortstop. Russ Hansen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Victor Munoz hits a home run. Frank Lofton walks. John Peterson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Frank Lofton is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Haney lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Quintana grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Tom Shelby grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Jordan pops out to the catcher. Wayne Andrews singles to center field. Jim Esasky flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Bert Roberts strikes out. Tomoyoshi Minagawa hits a home run. Brian Christensen strikes out. Harry Meyer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Ruben Johns pops out to the second baseman. A.J. Mercado grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Timmons singles to left field. Skinny McMillan walks. Russ Hansen walks. Tom Shelby flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 New York Victor Munoz grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Lofton strikes out. John Peterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Steve Jordan grounds out to the shortstop. Wayne Andrews singles to left field. Wayne Andrews steals second. Jim Esasky strikes out. Charlie Bogart is pinch hitting for Ruben Johns. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Charlie Bogart reached on a fielding error by Jim Haney. A.J. Mercado singles to center field. Wayne Andrews scores. Bob Timmons grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Mel McTigue pitching. Jim Haney strikes out. Bill Quintana flies out to the center fielder. Bert Roberts singles to center field. Bert Roberts steals second. Tomoyoshi Minagawa singles to left field. Bert Roberts scores. Kevin Snyder comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brian Christensen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Skinny McMillan singles to center field. Russ Hansen singles to left field. Skinny McMillan advances to third on the hit. Ken Battin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Tom Shelby grounds out to the second baseman. Skinny McMillan scores. Russ Hansen advances to second on the play. Steve Jordan strikes out. Wayne Andrews flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Harry Meyer reached on a 2-base fielding error by A.J. Mercado. Victor Munoz hits a home run. Harry Meyer scores. Bill Currie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Lofton strikes out. John Peterson strikes out. Dave Smith is pinch hitting for Ken Battin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Herm Johnson pitching. Jim Esasky flies out to the center fielder. Joe Meusel is pinch hitting for Bill Currie. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Meusel strikes out. A.J. Mercado flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners LOB: 4 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 8
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Roy Donovan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Dickson improves in power_vs_lefty Ken Bowman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Randy Miller did not respond to coaching in arm Roy Donovan improves in range Herb Davis improves in power_vs_lefty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Sheldon Tebeau did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Vic Davis improves in control Paul Geier improves in contact_vs_righty Henry Ramirez did not respond to coaching in velocity Brad Crist improves in arm John Nixon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty